desolate!

Upon entering the Stone Clan's forbidden zone, all that could be seen was an endless expanse of desolation!

This place is like the Gobi Desert, with nothing but rocks and sand.

Apart from that, not a single weed or drop of water could be seen!

The sky was a dark yellow because of the endless sand and dust flying around.

Chen Xuan felt an ancient sense of loneliness and emptiness.

This place feels completely lifeless!

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was the end of the world.

At first glance, there were some strangely shaped stones, some like people, some like birds, some like beasts, and some like fish. All sorts of oddly shaped stones looked in their direction.

These are all Stone Clan members!

The Stone Clan is different from other races; they cannot reproduce and are spiritual beings born of heaven and earth.

For example, the Glazed Jade Gold that Chen Xuan initially obtained, this innate Holy Spirit, in a sense, also belongs to the Stone Clan and can join the Stone Clan.

Of course, that Holy Spirit was naturally arrogant and might have felt superior to others, disdaining to join the Stone Clan.

In short, the Stone Clan constantly seeks out their kind in the Yin-Yang realm and invites them to join them.

Those who agree to join the Stone Clan are considered one of our own and will receive the Stone Clan's protection.

Those who disagree will not be forced by the Stone Clan; those who walk different paths cannot make plans together.

This ethnic group has been able to survive not because of bloodlines, but because of the transmission of a special consciousness.

Just like the inheritance of royalty and religion.

The Lin Clan and the Demon Clan have a bloodline system similar to that of royalty.

The Stone Clan, on the other hand, is similar to a religion; there is no blood relation, and as long as one is powerful, one can become the leader.

Many of the Stone Clan creatures curiously observed Chen Xuan and the Emperor of Fengdu.

Chen Xuan glanced at it and found that there were tens of thousands of them.

Even the weakest among them are at the Divine Realm!

Because, to make them develop intelligence, one must at least reach the divine realm.

The Stone Clan has produced three Supreme Beings: the first was the Stone Venerable, the second was the Ink Venerable, and the third was the Golden Venerable.

Among them, the Stone Venerable is a stone that has absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Mo Zun is a jet-black stone that has gained sentience by absorbing the endless yin energy of an extremely yin place.

Golden Venerable is a supreme holy spirit who, after the Azure Crimson Gold, one of the nine supreme Dao metals, developed sentience, cultivated itself into a supreme being!

Of course, for the Stone Clan cultivators, as long as they do not become Supreme, their lifespan is 1.296 billion years.

Their bodies may not decay, but the laws governing them will break down, and their souls will age.

Once the spirit ages to the point of collapse, then death is not far off.

After their souls perish, their bodies will turn into a hard stone once more.

This is what makes the Stone Clan special.

Back then, when Dongzun gave the Supreme Blood to the Stone Clan's ancestor to prolong his life, he was prolonging the life of his soul.

The powerful divinity within the blood of the Supreme Being can extend the lifespan of a Quasi-Supreme Being by tens of millions of years!

The forbidden area of ​​the Stone Clan has no mountains, no water, not a single tree, not a single blade of grass. To put it bluntly, it is a barren Gobi desert, a place very suitable for ascetic practice.

The humanoid stone race being, namely the clan leader Shi Qian, led Chen Xuan and the others all the way to the deepest part.

Chen Xuan finally saw a slightly different scene.

There stood a huge altar.

On the altar were hundreds of blue crystal coffins.

To be precise, it shouldn't be called a crystal coffin, but rather a coffin for longevity!

Because these coffins were all made by Changshengyuan!

Chen Xuan counted them; there were a total of three hundred coffins of immortality.

Among them, the 260 coffins of immortality contained the creatures of the Stone Clan.

The remaining forty mouthfuls were empty.

This means that some of the Stone Clan beings had reached the end of their lifespan and could no longer be sealed, thus dying. The Coffin of Immortality was thus left empty, but still usable, and someone could lie inside it.

It could be an extra coffin for longevity that has never been used and is intended for future generations.

After all, the more of something like longevity essence, the better; no one would complain about having too much.

Being sealed within the source of immortality does not mean one will never die.

The Longevity Source merely slows down the passage of time, making the power of time extremely slow.

If someone is so old that they become unrecognizable, even if they lie down in the Longevity Source, they won't live for long.

Among these hundreds of coffins of immortality, four stand out as distinct from the others.

Inside lay a humanoid stone spirit, a winged eagle-shaped stone spirit, a camel-shaped stone spirit, and a stone spirit that looked like a shark.

These four are the ancestors of the Stone Clan. Their coffins of immortality are located above all other coffins of immortality!

"Shi Qian, why did you bring two human beings in here?"

The sudden sound reached the ears of everyone present.

Chen Xuan looked up and saw that all the stone creatures in the coffins of immortality were still asleep.

However, the four Stone Clan ancestors had already opened their eyes.

They did not break out of the coffin, but remained inside.

Because each time they break out of the coffin, it consumes a lot of their vital energy and causes them to age prematurely.

Therefore, they will not break out of the coffin unless Chen Xuan and the Emperor of Fengdu pose a threat.

In fact, Chen Xuan had already alerted the four of them when he was undergoing his tribulation outside the Stone Clan's forbidden zone, but they simply did not take action.

They saw Chen Xuan enter the restricted area.

They tacitly agreed to Shi Qian bringing Chen Xuan and the Emperor of Fengdu before them; if they had disagreed, they would have directly sent a telepathic message to prevent them from entering the forbidden area.

The reason I'm asking Shi Qian why he brought two human beings is simply to find a topic to talk about.

"Reporting to the four patriarchs, this person is named Dongfang Xuan, a descendant of Dongzun and the biological brother of the Eastern Emperor!"

"He possesses the Supreme Yin-Yang Sword, which can prove his identity. He wants to borrow the Supreme Dao Artifact, the One-Eyed Stone Man!"

Without wasting words, Shi Qian went straight to the point and stated Chen Xuan's purpose.

"A descendant of Dong Zun?"

"How come I've never heard of the Eastern Emperor having a brother?"

From within the four coffins of immortality, four powerful thoughts emanated.

Each of the four ancestors of the Stone Clan is a quasi-supreme powerhouse!

For a moment, the Emperor of Fengdu felt immense pressure, as if four mountains were pressing down on him, causing him to unconsciously begin to sweat.

As for Chen Xuan, he remained calm and composed.

With his current strength, challenging a quasi-supreme being is not a problem.

Even if these four came out of the coffin of immortality, he wouldn't be afraid, let alone the fact that they were still lying in the coffin and couldn't give Chen Xuan any sense of pressure.

Clang!

Without wasting any words, Chen Xuan drew out the Supreme Yin-Yang Sword and planted it in the ground.